Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has taken a prominent role in advocating for the prompt disbursement of benefits owed to over 17,696...
Inmates at the Correctional Center in Jos, Plateau State, sparked unrest by protesting against a proposed reduction in their food allowance amid economic challenges in Nigeria.
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STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN
Since leaving office, former President Donald Trump has faced a barrage of legal challenges, adding to the tumultuous narrative of his post-presidential life. These challenges have...
On June 12, 2023, President Tinubu signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, into law to enable indigent students to access interest-free loans for their educational pursuits...
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In a significant development within the criminal justice system in Lagos State, three drug dealers accused of attempting to bribe police officers with cash and electronics...
In a display of respect and solidarity, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau OON, SAN, embarked on a series of...
Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, showcased his steadfast commitment to advancing legal practice as he graced the opening of the legal year 2024 at the Kano State...
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INTRODUCTION: The Institute of Medical and Health Law (IMHL) held its 3rd National Medical and Health Law Conference on the 21st day of November, 2023 at...
Dear Esteemed Members of the Eastern Bar Forum, With immense pleasure, I extend my sincere congratulations and best wishes to you on your Quarterly General Meeting,...
Given the current economic uncertainties, advertising in the legal profession is particularly relevant. As we delve into this discussion, it’s essential to recognize the evolving landscape...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again cautioned skit makers and social workers against the unlawful and irresponsible use of the Commission’s operational identities....
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin, speaking during a visit to the Ramon Air Force base in southern Israel, emphasized that this condition is non-negotiable, and he conveyed...
MultiChoice Nigeria, the parent company of DStv and GOtv, has announced its third upward review of subscription prices in 2023. The increase, which takes effect from...
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, has reassured the public that the Nigerian military remains steadfast in its commitment to the democratic process, firmly...
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reportedly implemented a reduction in the salaries and allowances of workers in the nation’s capital for...
Reports have surfaced of the resurgence of fuel queues in certain parts of Lagos and Abuja, sparking concerns about a potential fuel scarcity crisis. The situation...
In a recent video sermon posted on his official Facebook page, controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi lambasted the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike,...
Shamsuddeen Malumfashi, a respected Senior Special Assistant on Islamic Education to Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State, tragically passed away on Tuesday afternoon in an auto...
Celebrating the Co-Chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), President Tinubu, in a statement issued through his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, expressed gratitude to the...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) underscored the importance of adhering to the federal character principle in the appointment of chairpersons for the Economic and Financial...
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has emphatically stated that if he were the President of Nigeria, he would...
On Monday, the offices of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives from Hamas refuted claims suggesting the implementation of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. Contrary...
President Bola Tinubu has alleged that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, used fake primary and secondary school certificates to...
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, have once again taken to the streets of Abuja to protest and express solidarity...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has initiated the recruitment process for constables and specialists, signalling a vital opportunity for aspiring candidates to join the esteemed law...
Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the upcoming Kogi governorship election, has raised concerns about the deteriorating condition of Kogi State, likening it...
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In response to a strict directive from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, security operatives have launched a significant operation to clear...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has refuted claims that it sought government approval for its officers to carry firearms. Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, the...
Senator Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, has joined the family of the late Tribune reporter, Tijani Adeyemi, in mourning his sudden and tragic demise....
As World Teachers’ Day was celebrated, Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), seized the occasion to call upon the Bola Tinubu-led...
Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has taken swift action in response to disturbing reports of substandard feeding and inadequate welfare for...
In a significant development, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally written to the Senate, seeking confirmation for three new ministerial nominees. Diezani Alison-Madueke Appears in UK...
In a recent interdenominational church service commemorating Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu spoke candidly about the nation’s challenges and the commitment of her...
In his national address commemorating Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Anniversary, President Bola Tinubu outlined his vision for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Just days after naming...
In a significant move, the government led by President Bola Tinubu has announced the extension of the N25,000 provisional wage increment to encompass all tiers of...
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has issued a solid message to Ibrahim Aminu, the new secretary of the Federal Capital Territory...
In a recent legal development in Ondo State, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has obtained permission from the Akure High Court to serve the state House...
Press Release: The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, extends heartfelt condolences to Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola,...
Over 17,000 federal civil servants are at risk of not receiving their salaries due to the alleged deletion of their records from the Integrated Payroll and...
In a startling incident on Monday morning, a fire outbreak wreaked havoc at the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the Three Arms Zone of Abuja. Shrouded...
The Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially expressed its disapproval of the recent judgment delivered by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal,...
Prominent Nigerian actor and accomplished movie producer Charles Granville has passed away. With deep sadness, Naija News reports his demise, which occurred on Thursday, September 21st,...
On Friday, many Kano State residents, who were ardent supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), expressed their discontent through a protest regarding the recent...
“Lagos Police Confirm Completion of Mohbad’s Corpse Exhumation as Autopsy Begins” The Lagos State Police Command has officially announced the successful completion of the Exhumation of...
On Wednesday, the Judges presiding over the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal chose not to appear physically in the courtroom. This decision comes as the...
On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, a distressing incident occurred in Lagos as an elderly gentleman, driven to desperation by severe hardships, leapt into the Lagos Lagoon....
Muda Yusuf, the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises, has offered words of caution to the newly appointed Central Bank...
The Nigeria Police Force has announced its commitment to launch a comprehensive investigation into the perplexing circumstances surrounding the demise of the budding music talent Ilerioluwa...
In a resolute declaration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu expressed his unwavering commitment to eliminating poverty, insecurity, and underdevelopment in Rivers State and Nigeria. During a meeting...
The Federal Government has said that the nationwide blackout witnessed on Thursday is due to a fire incident and an explosion on the Kainji/Jebba 330kV line...
In a recent interview with Mrs. Deborah Osho, Head of Operations at the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the rationale...
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In a recent statement, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has cautioned against disseminating false security statistics to provoke South-East residents against the government....
President Bola Tinubu extends his heartfelt sympathies to the family, followers, and associates of the late Islamic preacher, Sheikh Abubakar Giro Argungu, who sadly departed on...
The Nigerian federal government has instructed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to swiftly process and clear the backlog of over 200,000 pending international passport applications within...
At Osun State Polytechnic in Iree, a recent development unfolded on Thursday, involving the return of two rectors to their positions, leading to a minor commotion....
Dr. Vincent Olatunji, the National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), has officially inaugurated the National Committee for the General Application and Implementation Directive...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Tolu Bankole, has joined fellow Nigerians in extending his congratulations to President...
“I Would Have Considered Expelling Governor Wike from the PDP Under Certain Circumstances” – Dele Momodu The director of Strategic Communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign...
A group known as Concerned Nigerian Youths (CNY) has strongly urged President Bola Tinubu to seriously consider the inclusion of Professor Christopher Imumolen, the youngest presidential...
The partnership forged between the Governor of Kebbi State and the Nigeria Bar Association’s Annual General Conference to establish a complimentary medical outreach program represents a...
On Tuesday morning, a supremacy clash amongst hoodlums in the Jibowu area of Lagos State created tension. Also Read: https://legalattorneyblog.com/2023/08/15/insecurity-fcta-demolishes-hoodlums-drug-dealers-hideout-in-asokoro/ Legal Attorney Blog gathered that the...
Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums suspected to be cultists have stabbed and butchered a man believed to be mentally ill in Awka, the Anambra State capital. PUNCH Metro...
The Department of State Security Service (DSS) has released the suspended Chairman of Ogun East Local Government, Wale Adedayo. Also Read: https://legalattorneyblog.com/2023/09/19/cbn-deputy-governor-obiora-allegedly-arrested-by-dss/ Adedayo had dragged Gov....
According to reports, the police officers beat and forcefully took the victim to a remote village outside the city to withdraw money from his bank account....
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have opened fire on two commercial buses and abducted scores of passengers near Ochonyi village along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. One of...
No fewer than two directors and five others in the Land Department of the Federal Capital Territory Development Authority (FCDA) and the Department of Development Control...
On Sunday, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, pledged to cover the medical care and expenses of a 12-year-old boy, Adebola Akin-Bright, whose small intestines were...
“I have treated my colleagues in good conscience. I have not done anything deliberately to undermine them. The only thing I said I would not do...
It’s a great honour to be in your presence today; all the State governors here present, Members of the National Assembly, Hon. Attorney General of the...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Kingsley Obiora has been reportedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS). His reported arrest followed allegations of financial mismanagement...
An international trade specialist, Heuda Farsh Guessous, has advocated securing intellectual property rights in the global markets to prevent third parties from exploiting the rights. Also...
The motivation to do this write-up predates the perception that President Bola Tinubu is public opinion-sensitive and determined to take Nigeria to greater heights. He also...
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In the wake of renewed coup d’états in Africa, some sit-tight African leaders have embarked on frantic mass retirement of military officers to protect their positions....
Portable, a famous street-hop musician, is again making headlines on the internet as he performs at the NBA conference in Abuja on Thursday. The musician performed...
The Gabon coup leaders on Thursday said that the country’s new strongman, General Brice Nguema, would be sworn in as ‘transitional president’ on Monday at the...
A statement on Thursday in Abuja by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said Tinubu also reiterated the non-acceptance of forceful removal of a democratic government. Tinubu stated this...
This is as The Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) announced that 12 generals and several other military officers have been retired. A statement by the RDF on...
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The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, in his first outing to the Assembly, will be addressing world leaders in...
Two police officers – Inspector Ahmed Suleiman and Constable Mahmood Mohammed – have been dismissed after they were found guilty of killing two women accused of...
In a swift response to the recent coup in Gabon, President Bola Tinubu has expressed his concern and commitment to upholding democratic values on the African...
Justice Angela Otaluka delivered the judgement in Minna on Wednesday. The News correspondent reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Sani-Bello of the...
The chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has called on legal practitioners and members of the Nigerian...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mosinmi Depot, Ogun State, on Wednesday, raised a concern over the continued refusal of the Nigeria National Petroleum...
The All Progressives Congress in Anambra State has asked the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to resign following his inability to conduct elections in the 21...
Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (OFR), who designed Nigeria’s flag, Pa., is dead. Akinkunmi died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness. One of his...
The 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Corps members deployed to Katsina State have been advised to shun seeking relocation and remain in the posted state for...
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in...
•Marketers halt petrol loading, blame vandals for disruption •More filling stations shut as import hiccups hurt supply Long queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol,...
On Tuesday, August 29, representatives of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) destroyed a black market known as Kasuan-Dere that was thought to be a haven...
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Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has called for investments in Nigeria’s power sector. He spoke on Sunday in Abuja at the Nigerian...
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The Chairman of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), Mohammed Ibrahim, has blamed the suspended Chairman of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for making the...
Before the fatal gunfire, the group’s supposed leader could be seen touting the potency of the juju, bragging that bullets don’t penetrate them and that any...
Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has responded to the controversy surrounding her appointment while serving as a member of the National...
Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has stressed the urgent need to invest in Nigeria’s power sector, addressing the paradox of a nation...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that the errors in President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University (CSU) certificate have...
The Code of Conduct Bureau has commenced a probe of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, Muhyi Rimingado. This is even as the...
***Command launches manhunt Gunmen have shot dead a Police Inspector in front of a popular hotel in the D/Line axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Also,...
Following a recent confession by lawyers representing the interest of President Bola Tinubu that documents of his academic records submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission...
THE vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar (UniCal), Florence Obi, said that the management of the School has guaranteed that all the principal officers at...
Emeka Oduoza, the son of the Chairman of NOVA Merchant Bank, Phillips Oduoza, has passed on, aged 27. Phillips Oduoza is a former Group Managing Director...
This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi. He...
The Federal Government has again reassured that the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd. would be back on stream by December. This is not the first...
A former military spokesperson, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd), has passed on. A credible source told the news reporter that he died on Saturday morning after complaining...
No fewer than 36 officers and soldiers engaging terrorists were killed while an aircraft on a rescue mission subsequently crashed. The Chief of Defence Staff, General...
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Labour Party for the Imo State governorship election, Sir...
Dear esteemed colleagues, With great pleasure and profound honour, I welcome you to the 2023 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. This conference is...
Natives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the auspices of Abuja Original Inhabitant Youth Empowerment Organization (AOIYEO), have called on the former governor of River...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has criticized Nigeria’s involvement in the planned military intervention in the Niger Republic’s impasse. The national legal adviser of the PRP,...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management has confirmed that the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, is a serving corps member. The...
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday laid to rest the remains of military personnel killed in action and in the recent crash of the Nigerian Air...
The House of Representatives has demanded the unconditional release of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from what it called ‘unlawful’ detention to...
The federal government has addressed excessive consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) by inaugurating an ad-hoc committee on SSB tax to halt the country’s increasing Non-Communicable Diseases...
When the gunmen attacked, the Army van reportedly conveyed some bags of cash to a destination. Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen, on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, attacked an...
A civil society organisation (CSO), the African Center for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has said that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc. has cautioned its customers in the South-East against falling victim to fraudsters in the name of prepaid metre upgrades. The...
According to a statement on Thursday, the Federal Government plans to re-introduce the national tax amnesty scheme. The Director of Press and Public Relations of the...
For a record sixth time, Dangote Group has emerged as Nigeria’s Most Valuable Brand by securing an impressive aggregate score of 86.2 per cent on the...
FIDA Africa Regional Congress commenced today, 24 August 2023. Delegates from within Nigeria and other African countries have gathered at Barcelona Hotels in the capital city...
Thrillers Travels has announced 1,000 beneficiaries participating in the ongoing Migration VISA to Canada on September 2, 2023, in Lagos. This was made known at the...
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Katsina State Government has dispelled claims of receiving N5 billion for grain procurement and distribution, clarifying that the actual amount received from the federal government’s palliative...
Beneficiaries appreciated the police management for the gesture, saying that it would help reduce some of the hardships they faced since the demise of their loved...
Amidst swirling speculations, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has firmly refuted reports suggesting that he acquired an N300 million Armoured Lexus...
The Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has uncovered distressing negligence in the case of Vwaere Diaso, a medical doctor who tragically lost her...
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders has written to the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, accusing maritime police of illegal operation, arrest, and...
Some of the nominees rejected by the lawmakers served with the governor in his first term as commissioners and special advisers. They are Prof. Akin Abayomi...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has faulted claims by the Presidency that there will not be a further increase in the pump price...
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has described as patently fraudulent the announcement by the Nigerian...
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and personal lawyer to ex-United States President Donald Trump, has been booked at a Georgia jail on...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has advised power users nationwide to start updating their prepaid meters to avoid losing them by November 2024. Its advice came...
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Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, has assured the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) that the ongoing investigation of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended...
Stakeholders have advocated for a single currency across Africa to ensure the development and growth of the region. The stakeholders also alleged intentional conspiracy for the...
Former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has said he is ready to submit and make himself available to probe and respond to issues bordering on...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a manhunt for a Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run...
After the President assigned the Ministry of Defence to the former Governor of Zamfara State, criticisms trailed his appointment as many referenced his perceived inability to...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says implementing the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide...
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John G. Stoessinger, the famous political analyst and author of his book ‘Why Nations Go to War’, emphasises the role of political and military leaders in...
Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Geidam, has called for support to create a safer and more secure environment for Nigerians. Geidam made the call in...
Following an alleged failure by the government to pay hazard allowance, 450 doctors in state-owned health facilities across Ogun State are planning an indefinite strike and...
The New Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said that the Federal Government will deploy technology to protect the nation’s borders against any threat. The minister...
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday in Ibadan urged Nigerians to stop taking complaints against police officers to social media. Mr Egbetokun advised...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama has granted N500M bail to a Lagos businessman, Dr Akintoye Akindele, accused of offering a N50m...
Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has been given a 21-day deadline to the Federal Government to abide by its demands or risk industrial unrest....
On Tuesday, a Kano State Chief Judge transferred a case of alleged N4 billion fraud against the former Managing Director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company, Bala...
The Coalition of Civil Society for Rule of Law and Justice, a conglomerate of 15 civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria, has condemned what it called...
Significant and independent petroleum product marketers in Lagos State have shut down their dispensing outlets over speculation of a possible hike in the pump price of...
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The pilot of the Nigerian Air Force MI-171 jet that crashed in Niger State, Flight Lieutenant Ibrahim Adamu Abubakar, has been laid to rest. Abubakar’s remains...
A United Kingdom-bound Nigerian, Wisdom Chukumerem, has been shot dead. The 30-year-old Nigerian, who hailed from Awo Ommamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of...
Learnt that Ahmadu was an Artillery Officer serving in the Army Headquarters Department of Special Services and Programmes. A senior officer in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier...
The Federal Government on Monday repatriated 161 Nigerians whose release was secured from detention facilities in Libya over various Immigration offences by the Embassy of Nigeria....
University of Calabar Law faculty may soon recall the lists of students sent to the Nigerian Law School in the last two years for proper scrutiny....
Security operatives in Katsina State will anytime this week launch joint operations against terrorists operating in Katsina State. The operatives to be involved in the exercise...
A motorcycle rider, Abdullahi Adamu, has said he became involved in kidnapping following the tragic murder of his father by armed robbers. Adamu and 30 other...
Another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, 27, has been rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command. Nkeki, who was rescued on Monday last week, said...
Demola Odulaja, the husband of suicidal businesswoman Farida Sobowale, makes an accusation against his now ex-wife, claiming she slept with 18 of his friends. This follows the...
On Monday, a 16-year-old armed robbery suspect, Sunday Ojo, nicknamed after the notorious armed robber, Oyenusi, explained how he was involved in no fewer than 40...
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo resumed duty after his swearing-in as a Minister on Monday, pledging to ensure transparency in all his dealings....
The minister of Information and National orientation, Muhammad Idris, has said the ministry will be transparent and truthful while giving out information. After his inauguration, he...
Addressing the teeming party members who trooped out for the event, Obi described the local government area system as “where development, particularly of the grassroots, is...
A public interest advocate group, under the aegis of the Public Interest Lawyers League, has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),...
The former Rivers governor issued the threat on Monday during a press briefing shortly after Wike and 44 others were sworn in as Abuja ministers following...
President Tinubu with inaugurated ministers President Bola Tinubu on Monday inaugurated the new ministers as members of the Federal Executive Council after swearing in 45 ministers...
Fintiri says Wike’s new assignment acknowledges his accomplishment in Rivers. The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, congratulated the new Minister of the Federal Capital...
The expenses on currency issues relate to costs the apex bank incurred during the printing, processing, distribution, and disposal of currency notes. These include the cost...
The newly inaugurated minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, immediately assumed office on Monday, warning that he will “step on toes” in his...
The murder occurred when an altercation broke out between several people at a funfair in the small town of Wittlich. Two American soldiers have been arrested...
When local authorities intercepted a mysterious plane on August 14 in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, Karim Asaad, an investigative journalist working for an Egyptian fact-checking platform,...
The Economic Community of West African States has rejected the Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan. ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musah,...
Troops of the 4 Special Forces Command have been called upon to rise up to the renewed security challenges in Niger State. Commander 4 Special Forces...
Directors in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Civil Service, who were to proceed on compulsory retirement on July 27, having spent eight years...
The $3 billion emergency crude repayment loan taken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) from the African Export-Import (Afrexim) bank would create only a...
The housing allowances for the newly appointed ministers may cost the country about N343.25m yearly, according to findings from The Reporter. With that annual allocation, the...
The President took the decision to reduce public spending.
General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, said the army would hand over power to the civilian government within three years. He stated this in...
The delegation led by former Nigerian Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), was received by Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine. On Saturday, a delegation...
On Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Simao would meet with the junta and other parties to try and facilitate a swift and peaceful resolution to...
Burkina Faso and Mali have deployed warplanes to the Niger Republic following the Economic Community of West Africa’s possible armed intervention to restore democracy in the...
On Friday, a Federal Capital Territory High Court dismissed a fundamental human rights suit filed by a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sa’adatu Yaro,...
There have been reports that the committee indicted the JAMB registrar for employing about 300 staff without advertisement. The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating...
The Nigerian Bar Association has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the allegations of sexual assault against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law,...
Armed Men suspected to be abductors have Kidnapped the wife of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and two others in Kwara State. On Thursday...
Academics and stakeholders have warned that the Economic Community of West African States may cease to exist if it fails to restore democratic rule in the...
The Federal Government, on Friday, announced that as of June 2023, a total of about 3.6 million people were displaced in the North-East, North-West, and North-Central...
I extend my warmest congratulations to the Law Officer’s Association of Nigeria, Benue State Chapter, on the resounding success of the recent seminar titled “Case Management...
In the bustling metropolis of Lagos, the Third Mainland Bridge stands as a symbol of connectivity, yet in recent years, it has also become a site...
The United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, said there was no legal basis for Niger’s military junta to prosecute deposed president Mohamed Bazoum for high...
Farida Sobowale AbdulKhadir, a well-known socialite and skincare tycoon from Lagos State, has come forward to say that her close call with suicide was caused by...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has slammed the floating of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Falana also disclosed that he is challenging...
The marriage of Sobowale, a business entrepreneur famous in the skincare industry in Lagos, reportedly crashed a few days ago. Man who jumped into lagoon on...
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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, received the National Coordinator, National Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Major General Abba Dikko...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced the commencement of the activation of its standby force in Niger Republic to restore constitutional order....
Obi lamented that the “deplorable level of insecurity in most parts of the country has continued to embarrass and cost us precious lives and properties, with...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dissolved the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, It was learned that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) still functions, and the...
Reno Omokri, a fervent supporter of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former presidential aide, has commented on Nyesome Wike’s nomination as Minister...
There was a mild drama at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday as personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS),...
A 26-year-old Lagos State University (LASU) student, Ademola Ayinla Timothy, and two others have died in an accident along the Sagamu-Benin highway. The accidents involved a...
The police in Edo on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one Gabriel Ahuwa, 84, for allegedly killing his 75 -year-old wife for denying him sex. The...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has finally agreed to meet with the former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, now...
The Legal Attorney Blog can authoritatively report the continued shutdown of operations by Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd is a looming danger to the country’s annual...
A group, Alliance for Deepening Democracy, has appealed to newly-elected state governors to ensure gender equality in the formation of their executive councils. The coalition emphasised...
The Chairman of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, Bamidele Onalaja, said the real estate sector is facing soaring inflation, creating a worrying...
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives Committee on Sports pledged to wade into the crisis over unpaid bonuses to national football team players by the Nigeria...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy has created difficulties in paying foreign scholarship tuition fees...
President Bola Tinubu will swear in his ministers on Monday, August 21, 2023. The event is billed to hold at the State House Conference, Aso villa...
The prosecutor said the driver conducted himself in a manner that caused a breach of public peace. The Police on Wednesday in Lagos arraigned a 19-year-old...
Chief Ifeanyi iloakasia, President-General Aguleri Community Assembly, said they were taken aback by the threat from Ekpa on their traditional ruler. Police Stop Traditional Worshippers Festival...
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has declared that the Nigeria Police Force cannot afford to do away with checkpoints, adding that checkpoints are vibrant...
The Green Africa airline has announced the launch of its inaugural flight to Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The airline made the disclosure while marking its second...
Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine...
England’s Lioness beat Women’s World Cup host Australia, 3-1 in the semi-finals on Wednesday to advance to a historic final. The Legal Attorney Blog reports that...
The Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, has sealed off the Arrow of God Community Children’s Home in Onitsha over allegations of...
The camps grapple with out-of-school children and a concerning surge in teenage pregnancies. The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has issued a pressing call to...
Vice-chancellor expressed that the security partnership between the University and the State Police Command had been vibrant, fruitful, and rewarding. Still, she would like it taken...
Though commendable, the federal government policy and provisions that contain the change of inmates’ abode from prison yards to correctional centres lack infrastructural backing. The immediate...
The Zamfara State Government and Nigerian Army have discussed plans aimed at putting an end to the activities of terrorists in the state. Following the meeting,...
Deposit Money Banks are battling dollar shortage after the Central Bank of Nigeria slashed their foreign exchange allocations. Multiple bank officials told one of our correspondents...
Airline Operators of Nigeria have stated that Nigeria Air, the country’s proposed national carrier, may not commence operations soon because it does not have an Airline...
FG explained that the act’s signing did not trigger a surge in tuition fees across federal universities. The Federal Ministry of Education has revealed its plans...
Legal Attorney Blog earlier reported that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said it did not intend to increase the pump price of petrol as...
This is to calm the Subsidy Removal Pressure.
Fresh charges and withdrawal application mark a new turn in a legal battle with Emefiele. The Federal Government has escalated its legal battle against the suspended...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has moved against those calling on the tribunal to deliver justice. On Tuesday, the Federal Government dissolved the Secretariat of the...
The elevator they were in suddenly stopped, leaving them stranded between floors. Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and...
The Federal Government has disbanded the Secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel due to its endorsement of billboards accused of attempting to manipulate the Presidential Election...
Mr Mohammed told journalists they “will probably come back with more charges, more counts” against the suspended bank chief. The federal government is seeking to withdraw...
HRM, the Tor Tiv, Orchivirigh, Prof James Ayatse has been advised to call the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to...
Panic at BECO Comprehensive High School, Kwi, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday afternoon as two of the teachers, who were also...
His Excellency, Chief Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR, President of Nigeria, will attend the Opening Ceremony of the 63rd Edition of the AGC holden in Abuja...
A group under the Coalition for Transparency and Economic Reforms (COTER) has warned that President Bola Tinubu’s efforts at probing the nation’s apex bank and other...
Sequel to reports in the media that the pump price of Premium Motor Sprit (PMS), also called petrol, is about to be increased again, the Nigeria...
The House of Representatives Committee on Job Racketeering and the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) yesterday sharply disagreed on the agency’s lopsided employment of 300...
The former US president’s indictment in Georgia is his fourth criminal case. Here’s a look at the other investigations against him. Former US President Donald Trump...
The Retail arm of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, has debunked media reports of a fresh plan to increase the price of Premium Motor...
The average cost of bus transportation within Nigerian cities rose from N649.59 in May 2023 to N1,285.41 in June 2023 as the pump price of Premium...
After a family of four was killed by Russian artillery shelling of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced retaliation. “Every occupier destroyed,...
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo have berated the Deputy Governor of the State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, for approaching the court over an...
On Sunday, the senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, said he warned against the “Emilokan” kind of politics. President Bola Tinubu made...
UN’s impending pullout has exacerbated tensions between Mali’s military government and the rebel Coordination of Azawad Movements. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali has sped...
A group of Nigerian Islamic scholars who met Niger’s coup leader have said the general has agreed to hold direct talks and resolve a standoff with...
THE Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the leadership of the National Assembly over plans by the lawmakers to utilise N110bn as palliative and to...
The military junta in the Niger Republic has reportedly opened for dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Legal Attorney Blog reports that...
Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is booming due to hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since...
Senator Ned Munir Nwoko (PDP, Delta North) says dialogue and not military might remain the only solution to the unrest in the South East. An illegal...
Nigeria's leadership role must not be in any doubt during this process. -Obi"
The ECOWAS Parliament has disagreed on the following line of action regarding Niger. A significant division has broken out within the Economic Community of West African...
The Anambra State Government has banned all forms of open advertisement of herbal medicines. This was disclosed in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Sir...
On Friday, farmers in the Difa community in the Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State voiced their worries about the ongoing hippopotamus attacks destroying their...
Nzekwe stated this on Saturday while addressing the Department of Counsellor Education, University of Ilorin students and advised them to align themselves with the campaign against...
Adamu Garba, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, has advised members of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, not to divert President Bola...
Protesters have trooped out into the streets of Kano to reject propoo use of copper by ECOWAS to resolve the Niger coup crisis. Legal Attorney Blog...
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), via its Corporate Social Responsibility tool, His Love Fellowship (HLF), said it has concluded arrangements to feed a million...
The African Union Commission has declared support for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decisions in its quest to restore a democratic government in...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) dismissed online reports calling for a military coup d’etat in Nigeria. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau said the military...
There are strong indications that the security report by the Department of State Security against Nasir El-Rufai, one of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, leading...
There was apprehension in many parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday when the body of a young nurse was discovered without a womb...
The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has proposed Jafaru Sani for ministerial appointment after reportedly accusing President Bola Tinubu of holding a grudge...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its nationwide strike after 17 days. The medical doctors said the decision was to enable them to...
ECOWAS take a firm stance.
Biafra agitator and separatist Simon Ekpa has urged Nigerian immigrants of Igbo extraction in the Republic of Niger to “denounce” Nigeria and declare themselves “Biafrans to...
Five worshippers have been confirmed dead, while seven others sustained injuries as the Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna state collapsed on Friday. Adamawa Governor Orders Investigation...
A collapsed Overhead Water Storage Tank has crushed a 34-year-old lady, Joy Amadi, to her death in Benin. A Correspondent, who visited the scene of the...
Pat Utomi narrates his battle with cancer. Professor Pat Utomi, a key leader in the Labour Party, has disclosed his struggle with prostate cancer. The diagnosis...
Coup Leaders in Niger have threatened to kill ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighbouring countries attempt any military intervention to reinstate him by ECOWAS. Legal Attorney...
Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, rescued a group of youths who were being extorted by policemen in the state. A video...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Operatives have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement in...
Former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has been rereleased from prison. According to Gistlover, Zuma appeared at the Estcourt detention prison on Friday morning and...
Meta’s instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, has introduced screen-sharing, a new feature enabling users to share presentations or documents during live video calls. TRENDING: NYSC Seeks Partnership...
In compliance with a judgement of the Lagos State High Court, beneficiaries of the late Lawrence Antonio Cardoso estate have taken possession of about 50 acres...
Nigerians have been urged to exercise patience with President Bola Tinubu to enable his vision for a greater Nigeria to come to fruition. Former attorney-general and...
Discontentment is brewing in the House of Representatives over the exclusion of members from the particular monetary benefit accruing to the federal lawmakers ahead of their...
To boost its Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has approached the Chinese government to empower corps members with...
House of Representatives has invited the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew Adejo, to brief lawmakers on steps taken to implement the Students...
Information from the British Council on Thursday noted that Nigerians will now pay the sum of N107,500 for academic International English Language Testing System examinations from...
A Chief Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, has ruled that the Presiding Pastor of the House On The Rock Church, Uche Aigbe...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has announced its intention to initiate legal proceedings against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The lawsuit centres around the controversial...
The interim administrator of the Public Affairs Analyst Forum, Ayobami Ayelabowo Israel, has challenged a proposal by the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy...
The junta in Niger Republic, led by Abdourahmane Tchiani, has announced the formation of a new government. According to the military leaders in a broadcast on...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has jailed two siblings, Gbenga Elegbede and Funmilayo Elegbede, for stealing toothpaste and other items from...
On Wednesday, two yet-to-be-identified persons died in multiple crashes around the Alaka area of Eko Bridge in Lagos. Five persons were also hospitalised after they sustained...
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said its National Executive Council (NEC) will reconvene tomorrow to decide on the suspended nationwide protest and the ongoing...
More organizations, including Islamic and Christian leaders, have voiced their support for a peaceful approach to resolving the crisis in Niger Republic following the military coup...
The former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has met with President Bola Tinubu to provide a comprehensive account of his discussions with Coup leaders in...
Residents of Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos have expressed their displeasure on the way and manner the Chairperson of the Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) of...
Nigerian workers under the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared that N30,000 minimum wage is too meagre and called on...
The ECOWAS is headed by Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and as the biggest economy in Africa, Nigeria is expected to play a leading role in...
The Federal Government has disclosed that Nigerians are dying in troops due to the ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The Permanent...
The Nigerian Army has assured the country’s medical doctors living abroad but willing to return home that it is ready to absorb them into its hospitals...
The Economic Community Of West Africa States (ECOWAS), under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, has imposed additional sanctions over the coup in Niger Republic. Legal...
On Sunday, some soldiers and policemen were involved in a face-off in Ogun State. This occurred when the police officers attempted to arrest a suspected female...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of students from eight states who took the WASSCE in 2023 due to the state’s debt...
Hoodlums have set ablaze the House of the former deputy speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly and the current member representing the Ihiala federal...
Search engine platform Google has announced plans to delete inactive accounts after two years. This change starts rolling out this Tuesday, August 8, 2023, and will...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) announced that its members had been organised for the national demonstration that will take place on Wednesday, August 9, 2023,...
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The Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, currently the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, has...
The management of Azman Air has sent all its staff on compulsory leave without pay after suspending its commercial operation. It was gathered that the leave...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has raised the alarm over fraudsters dangling contracts and cloning the Commission’s official website. The NDDC, in a statement issued...
The Senate has sought the immediate appointment of an Auditor General for the Federation in compliance with Section 86 of the 1999 Constitution. RELATED: BREAKING: Senate...
Senate walks-out media for closed discussion following heated debate over Keyamo. The Nigerian Senate has decided to extend its sitting time beyond 2pm as they debate...
There was a momentary rowdiness in the Senate on Monday afternoon over the nomination of a former Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo,...
Niger’s military rulers announced Sunday that they had closed the country’s airspace, warning that any attempt to violate it would meet with an “energetic and immediate...
The Olumide Osunsina Foundation has called on corporate organisations, philanthropists and private individuals to support the government at all levels in tackling Nigeria’s high youth unemployment...
Tragedy struck in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Saturday as a 21-year-old girl, identified as Hamudat, fell into a domestic well and died. Legal Attorney Blog reliably...
Opponents Sees Judicial Overhaul As A Threat To Democracy.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) says it will embark on daily peaceful protests from Wednesday to meet its demand. The association gave the notice...
GSK no longer perceive a prospect for the Nigeria.
The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Dr Sa’eid Ahmad, has said findings by the investigative panel on the cause of death of Dr Diaso Vwaere revealed...
George’s warning is contained in a letter he wrote to the President in which he put forward other suggestions to resolve the impasse between Niger and...
Imo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) dismissed one of its officers for participating in Wednesday’s protest led by the organized Labour in...
The disappearance of the remains of a 63-year-old woman, Olajumoke Julianah Ogunsuyi, meant to be buried today (Saturday) from the morgue of a government hospital, has...
Adeniran, during an interview with journalists on Friday in Ikeja, confessed that the hike in fuel price led him to robbery. “Before, I could do 15...
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Former lawmaker and Kaduna-born politician Shehu Sani has appealed to the Senate not to approve President Bola Tinubu’s request for military action against the Republic of...
The Lagos State House of Assembly inaugurated an eight-member committee to probe an elevator accident at Odan General Hospital, Lagos Island, claiming the life of doctor...
Niger’s coup leaders have cut off ties with Nigeria after the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) efforts to resolve the ongoing impasse failed. ECOWAS...
Four women who were abducted seven months ago by armed men believed to be kidnappers have been received, according to the Zamfara State government, headed by...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has suspended airport taxi services at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The agency said this move resulted from unresolved factional...
While addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, August 3, 2023, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, asked the government to withdraw the contempt charge against labour unions...
Lagos doctor’s death:
Ibijoke, the wife of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has reacted to the death of Vwaere Diaso, a female medical doctor, saying, “An arrow has...
President Bola Tinubu’s first and second batches of ministerial nominees were saturated with names of former state governors, including Bello Matawalle, who is under probe by...
FORMER Governor of Kaduna State and a Ministerial nominee, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, said estimated billing is unacceptable, insisting that every household and business must be metered...
Air-First Nigeria Limited, the operator of the light single-engine aircraft, turbo 5N-CCQ which crashed in Lagos State, has shut down its website revealing a top government...
The US joined European countries in calling for citizens to evacuate after Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown. The United States has ordered all non-emergency government...
Nigelec, Niger’s electricity company, says Nigeria’s government has cut supply to the neighbouring country, leading to blackouts in major cities. Last week, Legal Attorney Blog reported...
The Federal Government on Wednesday filed a contempt lawsuit against the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress for proceeding with industrial action. The Solicitor-General...
A former Commissioner of Environment in Lagos State, Mr Tunji Bello, and the immediate-past Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, are among the second batch of...
The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State chapter, has directed all the doctors working in the three government hospitals on Lagos Island to begin an indefinite strike...
Four people narrowly escaped death on Tuesday after a helicopter crashed in the Oba Akran area of Ikeja, Lagos State. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon...
FRANCE will begin to evacuate its citizens and other European nationals from Niger Republic on Tuesday, August 1. According to a statement from the Ministry for...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has knocked PPresident Tinubu over his Monday night broadcast on palliative measures that he rolled out. According to NLC, the palliative...
The Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja has reserved its ruling in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the...
Mali and Burkina Faso have jointly refused to enforce the “illegal, illegitimate, and inhuman” sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against...
The displacement was orchestrated by the clampdown embarked upon by the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA), which worked under the protection of operatives of the...
The Federal Government has reiterated that the proposed August 2nd industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress is illegal. In a letter dated July 28, 2023,...
Nigeria’s rising inflation and the recent harmonisation of the foreign exchange rates have been identified as factors that have eroded the capital base of banks in...
Several youths took to the streets of Enugu State on Monday to support efforts to end sit-at-home, saying the South-East region’s economy was being crippled. This...
The Republic of Niger military junta has said that the toppled government had authorized France to strike at the presidency to free ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum....
The President’s speech came two months after he announced the removal of fuel subsidies in his inauguration speech on Monday, May 29, 2023. In his speech,...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday directed the authorities in all Federal Institutions of higher learning to avoid an arbitrary increase in sundry fees payable and, where...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, in Abuja, decorated the newly-appointed Service Chiefs with their new ranks at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, charging...
A Nigerian public officer, Osayande Obazee, who is enmeshed in many controversies, has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as a special investigator. His appointment by...
The broadcast will likely be on the planned protest and strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday, August 2, over the hardship Nigerians face...
In a decisive move, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has issued a one-week ultimatum for the coup plotters in Niger to relinquish power...
Following the removal of fuel subsidy, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has said the effects have put the country on the brink of collapse....
Starvation, total blackout loom as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) takes drastic measures to restore democracy to the Republic of Niger, whose government...
On Sunday, the Enugu State chapter of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, declared its end of a sit-at-home protest in the South East...
The governments of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe have started taking steps to contain the hike in transportation caused by the removal of fuel subsidies by the...
In a case of alleged corruption and intimidation involving a self-proclaimed prophet and some officers of the Nigeria Police Force, an architect, Joseph Ameh, has petitioned...
The Special Counsel Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has shared phone numbers from the proxies of Finland-based...
A group of Nigerian students sent to a university in North Cyprus by the Zamfara State government to pursue their education and become future leaders now...
The meeting between Organised Labour and Federal Government at the Presidential Villa on Friday, July 28, ended in deadlock. It was gathered that workers union representatives...
Nigerians are going through a torrid economic period due to ballooning Inflation caused by the removal of fuel subsidies and foreign exchange rate reforms by President...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed October 25 for judgement in a suit filed by Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa against the Attorney-General of the...
THE Commissioner of Police (CP) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Haruna Garba, has reported that kidnappers disguised as security operatives abducted 17 residents from the...
Tinubu empathised with the Nigerian youths.
Currently, in Nigeria, in-country connectivity is threatened by skyrocketing airfares occasioned by the floating of the naira and an increased price of aviation fuel, also known...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it will strike off one hundred thousand companies that have failed to file annual returns in the last ten years....
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that it is considering using bicycles as an alternative means of commuting as it promotes a cleaner environment and...
NIGERIANS can now make digital transactions in Naira on Google Play Store. This followed a partnership between the tech giant and Verve, a payment card company,...
The announcement was made public on Thursday, July 27, 2023, when his Chief of Staff, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, delivered a letter to the Senate during their...
To avert a potential nationwide strike by organised Labour, President Bola Tinubu has made an earnest appeal to workers in the country, urging them to suspend...
One person identified as Igwe Omeli was said to have been shot dead during a clash between rival cult groups at the popular Eke Awka market...
THE Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, condemned the attempted coup in Niger Republic on Wednesday,...
A civil society organisation (CSO), African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), has described the rearrest of the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the...
Cost was awarded to support Obinweugo’s widow, and Family.
President Bola Tinubu has announced that federal universities are still tuition-free amid recent hikes in university fees. According to the President, Nigerians have regarded tuition fees...
A socio-cultural group, Arewa Youths Movement (AYM), has described the rearrest of the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the Department of State Services (DSS) as...
Tuesday, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, said that the government uncovered 1,618 civil servants with fake employment letters. She also noted...
Ganduje's immunity expires, but he seeks to extend protection indefinitely.
Legal Attorney Blog had reported that the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Police Force launched a manhunt for the kidnappers of Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki. The...
Members of the Civil Society Organisation have condemned the Lagos state government for being insincere about the killing in the #EndSARS protest. Reacting to a statement...
Fuel Subsidy Removal.
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said there is no going back on the planned withdrawal of Police Mobile Force personnel from Very Important Personalities (VIPs). The...
A plane carrying four soldiers crashed on Sunday as a result of a technical failure, according to the Sudanese Army. At least nine people have been...
The Federal Government has promised to expand health insurance coverage to 50 million Nigerians in the next four years. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on...
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Simon Asamber Lough was widely celebrated as having made history in December 2021 when he became the first police officer in...
A gang of senior secondary school pupils in Ogun State have reportedly beaten a teacher, Kolawole Shonuga, for stopping one of them from cheating during an...
I extend my warmest congratulations to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Nsukka Branch, for the successful conduct of the recent elections. I congratulate the chairman-elect, L....
Dr Obi Ogar, Director of Veterinary Services, Cross River Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has disclosed that well-boiled meat does not prevent one from contracting...
Apex Igbo socio-cultural Organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has reiterated its earlier stand on Simon Ekpa’s saying that declaring him wanted would be an overall interest for the...
Foreign ministry spokesperson calls on Tehran to share any intelligence they possess so Taliban forces can take action. The Taliban has rejected a claim by Iran’s...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Voting is underway in Cambodia’s national elections, where it is expected that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will earn...
Ukrainian officials say the air attack wounded 19 people, including several children, and severely damaged Odesa’s largest cathedral. According to officials, a Russian missile attack on...
The war-torn region’s fighting between the army and the paramilitary forces prompts thousands to flee into neighbouring Chad. At least 16 civilians have reportedly been killed...
Jury trial of former US president to begin on May 20, less than six months before presidential election. The trial of former United States President Donald...
Malaysia’s government stopped a music festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the frontman of British pop rock band ‘The 1975’ kissed...
The Swedish embassy in Iraq is temporarily moving operations to Stockholm, the country’s foreign ministry has said, a day after it was attacked in protest against...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed concern over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration policies “inflicting hardship” on Nigerians, calling for immediate measures that would...
I write to draw the attention of the Nigerian state that what is happening in the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) in assessing MBBS...
As a practice in Western culture and some Wwesternized countries, a honeymoon involves a newlywed couple going on a holiday immediately after their wedding to celebrate...
While the federal government is yet to officially announce a policy change, the reality is beginning to dawn on Nigerians that public universities are no longer...
Delta State chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has said that over 600 poultry farms are on the verge of shutting down operations due...
The new increment will see students part with ₦100,000 instead of the previous ₦45,000. This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director...
David Shodola, an alleged madman, has beheaded an 84-year-old man, Elder Alfred Opadipe, in the Ipara community, Remo North Local Government Area of the State. The...
https://legalattorneyblog.com/2023/07/17/reps-to-probe-cbns-alleged-11m-excess-crude-oil-investment-interests-magt/The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for alleged mismanagement of funds and non-disclosure of details of interest on...
THE Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission of Nigeria (FCCPC) has delisted two digital money lenders (DMLs) for violating customer privacy. The Commission said the violating...
A member of the House of Lords, UK parliament and founder of Operation Black Vote, Simon Woolley, has championed African development at the African Achievers Awards...
We rise by lifting others. International superstar Davido Adeleke, known worldwide as Davido, made a charitable donation of over ₦200 million to Nigerian orphanages across the...
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State says the issue of long convoys by governors was discussed at the last National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The meeting,...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished hundreds of illegal residential structures and extensions within Gishiri village in the Katampe District of the FCT in...
The trial of alleged land racketeer, Moses Erih and his company, Micmerab Resources Nigeria Limited (suspects) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been...
A member of the House Representative and immediate past, Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Marcus Onobun, was involved in an accident on Wednesday. The accident...
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disclose all of the pursuits and principal sums on the investments within the Extra Crude Account...
The Nigerian Air Force fighter aircraft has killed at least 22 terrorists in an airstrikes operation conducted in Katsina State. It was gathered that among the...
A court in the United Kingdom (UK) is set to order the seizure of more than 100 million pounds ($129 million) from James Ibori, former Delta...
Barely three months after the conclusion of the 2023 general elections, the Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission has relieved six traditional rulers of their appointments...
Barrister Okey Ezugwu, a retired Assistant Controller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has written to Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, detailing how the...
Veteran Nigerian entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has congratulated the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on the occasion...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered the Youth Party (YP) a new political party. National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee of...
Umar Faruk Usman, a POS operator in Adamawa State has attempted to take his life. Usman tried taking his life after drinking locally made insecticide known...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has slammed the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) over what it described as a shoddy investigation of the passing out...
The wife told the court that she was tired of her marriage because there is lack of love between her and the husband. An Area Court...
AMID rising unemployment in Nigeria, the Senate has resolved to abolish age limits set for job applicants by employers in the country. During the Wednesday, July...
The National Population Commission (NPC) has prepared a series of “consistency questions” that would expose illegal migrants who claim Nigerian citizenship during the 2023 National Population...
The police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned Charity Iroakazi, 28, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having in her possession 36 berets with IPOB insignia...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The court...
The online report claimed that Justice Ugo had tendered his resignation, citing pressures to compromise democracy. In response to widespread rumors circulating on the internet earlier...
THE House of Representatives, on Wednesday, July 19, rejected a motion calling for the reversal of the hike in fuel pump price. The motion, sponsored by...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted an application by the Federal Government to protect witnesses lined up in the prosecution of Tukur Mamu, who is...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted Nigeria and other countries about contaminated ‘Naturcold Syrup’ discovered in Cameroon. The organisation gave the notification in a Medical...
The Supreme Court has assured that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will not interfere in the ongoing cases before the Presidential Election...
Senate has urged employers of labour in the country to de-emphasise age requirements as a precondition for employment in Nigeria. The senate resolution was a sequel...
The teenage girl who forged her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result and made headlines as the highest scorer, Mmesoma Ejikeme, has apologized to the...
Angry youths have administered ‘jungle justice’ on a criminal suspect, setting him ablaze in the Itam area of Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state....
On Wednesday, the national leadership of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) directed its members nationwide to attend their respective workplaces only two days...
A Federal High Abuja has upheld the nomination of Ahmed Ododo as the All Progressives Congress APC candidate for the Kogi State Governorship Election, expected to...
The INEC’s counsel informed the court that the witness scheduled to testify could not attend court. The absence of a witness on Tuesday, July 18, 2023,...
The development was occasioned by Tinubu’s inaugural speech.
"we try to be careful not to tamper with the houses where indigenes live.
Doctors in Cross River on Sunday embarked on a total and indefinite strike in solidarity with one of their members abducted on Thursday from her residence...
"An officer fired a shot aimed at a car tyre, which escaped and hit the child"
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called on the federal government to disregard the renewed calls to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous...
After appreciating against the dollar for two days in a row, the Naira on Friday decreased by 7.72 per cent compared with N746.28, which it exchanged...
The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said about N4 trillion had been lost to the stay-at-home order in the South-East...
Months after banks restricted withdrawals on automated teller machines (ATMs), commercial banks in the country are beginning to increase the maximum amount of cash customers can...
Godwin Emefiele, the detained suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is set to know his fate. The ex-CBN governor will, today, know his fate...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may have concluded plans to probe contracts awarded by the Ministry of Aviation under the administration...
A House of Representatives member for the Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has said that some Southeast governors have failed to end the...
Nigeria’s aviation was scrutinised yesterday, with stakeholders concluding that past aviation ministers failed the industry. Aviation stakeholders converged on Lagos for the second quarter Brunch Business...
Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Daura, a respected figure in Katsina State, had eagerly anticipated that his son would graduate from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and serve...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has temporarily relocated its permanent orientation camp in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State. The camp is now at...
A Step Towards Inclusivity or a Controversial Choice?
The deceased was found hanging on an electric pole and cables near a State community market.
Aondoaka, while moving the motion on Monday, argued that until the election petition tribunal decides his client’s fate by Section 149 of the Electoral Act 2022,...
On Monday, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) donated a 30-seater brand-new Toyota Coaster bus to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to ease their...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on Igbo people to stop Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State from mortgaging the security and safety of...
Popular former president of ASUU, Professor Dipo Fasina, has been located in Istanbul, Turkey. Legalattorneyblog (LAB) recalls barely six hours ago, close associates of Professor Fasina...
A man, Kabiru Muhammad, has dragged his inlaws before a Sharia court for allegedly taking away his wife from their matrimonial home without his consent. The...
A former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, has asked President Bola Tinubu not to negotiate with bandits as former Zamfara State governor Ahmed Yerima...
The DSS’ warning comes on the heels of recent various media reports online which alleged, among other claims, that the Service invaded the offices of the...
Numerous cease-fires in the war have been announced and ignored.
A former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, still calls the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shots after ensuring that his son was secretly employed...
Sokoto state government has set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe all land allocations and government assets sold or auctioned during the tenure of Governor...
In addition, the lawyers also demanded an investigation and prosecution of the controversial Nigeria Delta leader following his purported threat to send the Igbo people packing...
The appeal of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu’s extraordinary rendition, is currently being heard by the United Kingdom Court...
Amarah Kennedy has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly sharing explicit images of two single mothers and demanding money in return for...
The management of Innoson Automobile Company has withdrawn the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme over her involvement in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board...
Hoodlums allegedly enforcing the one-week sit-at-home order in Imo State, South East Nigeria, have attacked the famous Orie Amaraku market in Isiala Mbano Local Government Council...
Gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order on Friday night attacked Amaraku market located at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. Although no life was lost...
The Election Petitions Tribunal has reserved judgment on a petition filed by Rev. Amos Yohanna challenging the election of Senator Ishaku Abbo of Adamawa Northern senatorial...
President Tinubu was accused of operating 10 foreign accounts during his tenure as a governor.
The father of a seven-month-old baby who was rescued 24 hours after his mother, Sa’adatu Habibu, was shot dead by bandits at Maganda junction, Pandogari-Allawa road,...
The immediate-past Senator representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Muhammed Adamu Bulkachuwa, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to bar the Independent Corrupt Practices and...
Rises in the cost of living are unprecedented and unbearable.
“Don’t ignite war in Nigeria”, “EU’s report is a scam”
The various speculations, innuendos, and rumours circulating in the media as baseless fabrications.
"We must not succumb to the evil machinations of those who have no stake in our state;
Fresh crisis appears to be brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC as the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu has disowned the list...
Elon Musk has admitted that he still needs a lot more training after undergoing an exhausting training session with a UFC Hall of Famer and ex-world...
Big Brother Naija, Sheggz had quite a hilarious response to his girlfriend, Bella revealing one thing home training will never make her do. Bella who was...
A video of the Interim President of Guinea, Mamady Doumbouya, taking a walk with his sons while being guided by heavily armed military men, has gone...
